CougarXML

CougarXML

Developer(s)	Massimiliano Guastafierro
Written in	JavaScript
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Web application framework
License	Mozilla Public License 1.1
Website	http://www.cougarxml.com/

CougarXML is an XML parser written in JavaScript using an object-oriented approach (OOP). This library parses XML code and converts it into an object that can be manipulated with the DOM Level 3 standard API (W3C). It was released in March 2009 on the Google Code platform by Massimiliano Guastafierro.

CougarXML is free and open source software (FOSS), licensed under the Mozilla Public License 1.1.

Features

• Source code Free and Open under terms of Mozilla Public License 1.1
• No external runtime required
• Usable with any JavaScript 1.4+ engine
• DOM Level 3 Compliant
• Non-validating XML Parser
• Syntax checking
• Well-form checking
• API that is easy to learn and use

Future development

• Support for every Non-validating XML 1.0 feature (Entities, Attlists, Notations etc.)
• Support for XML to JSON conversion using JsonML (JSON Markup Language)
• Support for Unicode (XML specifications)

Download

The latest version of CougarXML is downloadable from the Google Code Project Hosting. it is also possible to use the SVN version to get the actual code:

$ svn checkout http://cougarxml.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ cougarxml

References

• "W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0". http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/. 
• "XML.org Focus Areas". http://www.xml.org/. 
• "XML From the Inside Out - XML development, XML resources, XML specifications". http://www.xml.com/. 
• "Advancing JavaScript with Libraries (Part 1) VIDEO". http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=133414&vid=410472&b=1. 
• "Advancing JavaScript with Libraries (Part 2) VIDEO". http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=133414&vid=412541&b=1. 

Further reading

• Learning XML. ISBN 0596004206. 
• Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax: From Novice to Professional. ISBN 1590596765. 
• Object-Oriented JavaScript. ISBN 1847194141. 
• Pro JavaScript Techniques. ISBN 1590597273. 
• Web Development Solutions. ISBN 1590598067. 

External links

• Official Website
• Official Project Repository
• Official Discussion Group
• Official Development Group
• IBM developerWorks: XML tutorials, code, and forums